Chapter 688 The Man Carrying the Statue
The river calmed down, the surface was as smooth as a mirror, the dark green water no longer rippled, and the huge human-shaped shadow under the water also stopped in the water and no longer swam.
Like Guihe, Wu Xian's brain froze for a moment.
Then Wu Xian suddenly realized that the "Ghost River" was actually an evil spirit, and the river water and the water ghosts were all part of the Ghost River.
When Wu Xian threw the Sanbao Jade Ruyi into the water, the effect of the Jade Ruyi had already taken effect on the Ghost River.
In other words, the magical power of Guihe now only remains two-thirds of its original value!
Fortunately, judging from the black shadow's dazed state, it did not know that the murderer who caused it to become weak was Wu Xian.
Wu Xian hurriedly reached out his hand towards the jade ruyi in the water, wanting to take it back quickly and then run away. He didn't want to be eaten like the crawling corpse before.
But what Wu Xian didn't expect was that the three-treasure jade Ruyi actually flew towards the water surface with three colored lights, and his consciousness seemed to fly away with the Ruyi.
Wow!
Wu Xian was in a trance and found himself still standing on the water. The Sanbao Jade Ruyi broke through the water and fell into his hands.
"How is this going."
"Didn't I just get dragged into the ghost river by a water ghost?"
The jade ruyi in his hand was wet and had a shell of ice formed on it, which proved that what Wu Xian had just experienced was not an illusion.
Before Wu Xian could figure it out, he heard an anxious call from the front.
"Come here quickly, how long are you going to stand there?"
Wu Xian raised his head and found that the fog had dissipated a little. The scenery on the other side of the pavilion became much clearer. A girl with freckles on her face was standing on tiptoe and waving at him anxiously in the pavilion.
It was Han Yu, the family member whom he had not seen since the fall!
Next to Han Yu is the rock climber Yuan Buyai.
As well as the five people who followed Wu Xian and set foot on the Ghost River together, Fan Qingyue, Guo Xiake, Huang Yuanjiang, Fu Dahai and Liu Chen.
There is even Lan Xuan who disappeared at the very beginning!
However, Lan Xuan, Fan Qingyue and the other six people all stood straight, with their heads down, pale faces and slight trembling bodies, unlike Han Yuan and the other two who were normal.
What happened to them?
Was it controlled by evil spirits, or was it originally the transformation of evil spirits?
Before Wu Xian could come up with a conclusion, the calm river surface began to rise and fall again.
"No, now is not the time to think about this!"
Wu Xian's heart was pounding. He put aside his worries and ran towards the pavilion.
Sanbao Yu Ruyi has just weakened the Ghost River. Although the Ghost River has no reaction for the time being, it will not be unresponsive forever. He must leave the range of the Ghost River as soon as possible!
He was less than ten meters away from the pavilion. In just a few breaths, he ran to the ground where the pavilion was, leaning on a pillar and gasping for breath.
After a few more breaths, the river surface suddenly shook, and a sharp, angry roar came from underwater. The glowing river water swayed and churned, and countless black hands larger than humans stretched out from the river water, grabbing violently everywhere, and only retracted into the water after a long while...
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After a while, Wu Xian looked up and looked at the pavilion again.
This pavilion stands in the center of Gui River. Its roof is octagonal and supported by eight vermilion pillars.
There are three things worth noting in the pavilion.
First, there is a strange pool of water in the center of the pavilion. The diameter of the pool is one meter. The water in it is not as shiny as the ghost river water. The water quality is very clear. Looking down from above, you can only see pitch black.
The extradition officer said before that he could take Wu Xian and others to the river eye. This small pool of water might be the so-called river eye.
Second, on the other side of the pavilion, there are seven statues of gods, corresponding to Wu Xian, Fan Qingyue and other seven people who set foot on the Ghost River.
Below the Ghost River is the Meat Mountain. This may be the last chance for these new followers to worship the gods.
The third one... is a man!
There was a fire in front of the man, but the warm flames could not melt the coldness in his body. His face was pale with a hint of icy blue, and even his eyelashes were marked with ice crystals.
Behind the man, he was carrying a stone statue, and several chains bound the man and the stone statue together.
A dozen chains also emerged from under the man's feet, spreading outward like a spider web, and disappeared into the river.
After Wu Xian came ashore, the man kept warming himself by the fire and never raised his head once.
Wu Xian quietly walked around behind the man and finally saw the statue clearly. The statue was carved of an old woman holding a bowl of soup with a kind look, but there were faint traces of insects swirling in the bowl.
This is the Earth God - Meng Po.
After looking at the pavilion inside and out, Wu Xian turned around and looked at Yuan Buyai and Han Yu, and asked in a somewhat cold tone:
"I need you to explain why you are here? And why are the six of them in this state?"
Yuan Buyai heard the alienation in Wu Xian's tone and smiled helplessly: "You don't have to worry about us being fake. Those guys who can transform can't go up the Ghost River."
Wu Xian spread his hands: "I have reservations about this for the time being."
After experiencing the harassment from the disguised evil spirits, Wu Xian could no longer directly trust any of his teammates from whom he had been separated.
Han Yu sighed: "Let me tell you something. After the floor shattered, everyone was separated, including Yuan Buyai and I. We were both bewitched by the evil spirit that could transform, but Jiang Huaian saved us."
"Jiang Huaian?"
Wu Xian was slightly startled, as he remembered the message Jiang Huaian had conveyed through Fatima's body.
Han Yu nodded: "Yes, it's Jiang Huaian. He seems to have a way to directly distinguish disguised evil spirits. He can tell who is real and who is fake at a glance."
"After we met up with him, we wasted almost no time and went all the way down to the corridor. After leaving a message for you in the corridor, we each stepped onto the Ghost River and came to this pavilion..."
Wu Xian nodded. They wasted a lot of time when they were walking up the stairs. If that was the case, Jiang Huaian and the other two might indeed be faster than them.
"What about Jiang Huaian?"
Han Yu was silent. Yuan Buyai took over the conversation and pointed to the pool in the middle and said, "He jumped into this pool and never came out again. We don't know where he went."
It seems that something happened to Jiang Huaian after he entered the pool, so his soul left his body to convey information to them.
Wu Xian then pointed to Lan Xuan and the other six people standing in front of the pavilion and asked, "What about the other six?"
Yuan Bu smiled sadly: "As for them, you don't have to worry... They are bait now. Once the fisherman lifts the fishing rod, they will return to normal."
"Bait?"
While Wu Xian was wondering, he suddenly saw the man carrying the statue stand up and grab a chain that extended from his feet to pull it.
As the chains were gradually retracted, an unexpected object was pulled out from the Ghost River!
That turned out to be another Lan Xuan!
(End of this chapter)
